English For Today chapter 2: The Alphabet, Words and Numbers

The Alphabet, Words and Numbers

Words with a A— e E

A. Look at the picture. Listen and say the names.

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Labels: Description: A river scene with trees and hills. An elephant stands on the left bank, a deer drinks at the water's edge, and a boat with a person in it moves on the river at the right. Two birds fly in the sky and red flowers grow at the bottom.

B. Look, listen and say. Read.

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Labels: ant, boat, crow, deer, ear Description: Five pictures in a row: an ant, a boat with a person, a crow, a deer, and an elephant. Each picture is labelled with its word below it.

a A b B c C d D e E

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Words with a A— e E

C. Read. Trace and write.

ant boat crow deer ear

D. Rearrange the letters to make words. Or rearrange the wooden/plastic letters to make the following words.

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Labels: t a n Description: An ant, above the scrambled letters for the word "ant".

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Labels: l b a l Description: A ball, above the scrambled letters for the word "ball".

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Labels: a r e Description: An elephant, above the scrambled letters for the word "ear".

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Labels: b a o t Description: A boat with a person, above the scrambled letters for the word "boat".

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Labels: c w o r Description: A crow, above the scrambled letters for the word "crow".

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Labels: e d e r Description: A deer, above the scrambled letters for the word "deer".

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Words with a A— e E

E. Write the names beside the pictures.

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Description: A river scene with a boat carrying deer, a crow flying above, an elephant on the right bank, and an ant on the ground at the bottom right. Five empty speech-bubble boxes point to the deer (top left), the crow (top middle), the elephant (top right), the boat (bottom left) and the ant (bottom right).

F. Read the words and match them with the pictures you like.

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Labels: deer, boat Description: On the left, a deer; on the right, the same deer inside a cage. Below, on the left, a boat full of people; on the right, another boat full of people. The words "deer" and "boat" sit between the pictures.

G. Play the game in groups. Every student takes in hand a letter card or wooden/plastic letter. Stand in a line and show your letters to make a word like dog, cat and crow. Then make that animal's sound and movement.

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Numbers 1-5

A. Look at the picture. Count the different types of kite.

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Description: A sky full of kites of several types: orange square kites, red triangular kites, purple square kites with red tails, green cube-shaped kites, and one large blue oval kite with a tail.

B. Look, listen and say. Count and read.

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Labels: 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five Description: Five groups of kites side by side: one blue oval kite; two purple kites; three green cube-shaped kites; four orange kites; five red triangular kites. Each group is labelled with its number and word below it.

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Numbers 1-5

C. Read. Trace and write.

one one

two two

three three

four four

five five

D. Read, count and match. Write the numbers in words. Circle your favourite flowers.

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Labels: 5, 3, 4, 1, 2 Description: Five rows of flowers on the left, each matched by a dashed blank on the right. Top row: four hibiscus flowers. Second row: two marigolds. Third row: one water lily. Fourth row: three roses. Bottom row: five white flowers.

5 ............

3 ............

4 ............

1 ............

2 ............

E. Match the number cards or wooden or plastic numbers 1-5 with their word cards.

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Words for f F — j J

A. Look at the picture. Listen and say the names.

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Description: A river scene with a house and trees on the left, a boat on the water, two birds near the bank, two fish, a water lily with a frog on a leaf at the lower left, and a bush with flowers at the lower right. A large tree with a hanging brown object is on the right.

B. Look, listen and say. Read.

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Labels: frog, garlic, honey, island, jute; f F, g G, h H, i I, j J Description: Five pictures in a row, each with its word printed below: a frog, a garlic bulb, a jar of honey, an island with palm trees, and a coil of jute. Below them are the letter pairs f F, g G, h H, i I and j J.

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Words for f F — j J

C. Read. Trace and write.

frog frog

garlic garlic

honey honey

island island

jute jute

D. Rearrange the letters to make words. Or rearrange the wooden/plastic letters to make the following words.

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Labels: h o e y n Description: A jar of honey.

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Labels: i s a l d n Description: An island with palm trees.

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Labels: r f g o Description: A frog.

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Labels: u e t j Description: A coil of jute.

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Labels: g r a i l c Description: A garlic bulb with its leaves.

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Labels: i h f s Description: A fish.

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E. Read and match. Circle your favourite animal/animals.

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Labels: fish, jute, hen, island, goat, insects, garlic, frog, jug, honey Description: Two columns of pictures flank a central column of words. Left column, top to bottom: a hen, a fish, a garlic bulb, a frog, a jug. Right column, top to bottom: a honey jar, a coil of jute, an island with palm trees, a goat, two ladybirds.

F. Write the names of the pictures.

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Description: Five pictures in a row, each with a dashed line below for writing its name: a honey jar, an island with palm trees, a frog, a coil of jute, and a garlic bulb.

G. Play the game in groups. Every student takes in hand a letter card or wooden/plastic letter. Stand in a line and show your letters to make a word like frog, insects, goat, hen. Then make that animal's sound and movement.

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Numbers 6-10

A. Look at the picture. Tell what you see.

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Description: A vegetable garden. A woman in an orange-and-red sari picks eggplants into a basket; a girl in a blue top and a boy in a yellow shirt stand among the plants. Another person is at left near banana plants, with a house and a red-flowered fence behind. Purple eggplants hang among the leaves, and a long green gourd hangs from a vine at top right.

B. Look, listen and say. Count and read.

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Labels: 6, six; 7, seven; 8, eight; 9, nine; 10, ten Description: Five groups of vegetables, left to right: six purple eggplants (two columns of three); seven light-green cucumbers; eight green limes (rows of 3, 3 and 2); nine chilies (green, red and green in three rows of three); ten long green pods (rows of 2, 3, 2 and 3). Each group has its numeral and word printed below it.

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C. Read. Trace and write.

six six

seven seven

eight eight

nine nine

ten ten

D. Read and rearrange the letters (or wooden/plastic letters) to make words. Then match them with the figures.

eitgh ------------ 6

nein ------------ 7

etn ------------ 9

isx ------------ 8

seevn ------------ 10

D. Write the numbers from 1 to 10 in words.

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Rhyme

A. Look at the pictures. Say what you see.

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Labels: (a), (b), (c), (d) Description: Four pictures of a plant growing, left to right. (a) A girl and a boy kneel on soil, planting a seed. (b) A small seedling with a few leaves. (c) A taller plant with more leaves. (d) A tall plant with several leaves and a yellow flower at the top. A sun and a rain cloud are drawn above the pictures.

B. Look, listen and recite.

Little Seed

I plant a little seed In the ground.

Out comes the sun, Big and round.

Down come the rain drops, Soft and slow.

Up comes a flower, Grow, grow, grow!

C. Recite the rhyme and act it out.

D. Project work: Plant a seed in the ground or in a tub. Take care and draw pictures of different stages.

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